Birthday Bash! Party Planning Tips & Tricks

Check out some fabulous, creative ideas on saving time, money, and your sanity while planning your kid's next birthday party.

By Amanda Kingloff

Bryan McCay

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Think Outside the Bag

Of course we love the goody bag. But for your next fete, why not package your parting gifts in a more inventive way?

* Fill a sandwich baggie with jelly beans and tie it tightly. Place baggie, closure side down, in a paper cup cut in half, then glue a red pom-pom to the top.

* Paper or colored-plastic compact-disc envelopes make great holders for extra-large cookies or mini pen-and-pad sets.

* For an active sports party, hand out treat-filled personalized water bottles with a coach's whistle.

* Staple individually wrapped candies together to make a necklace and decorate with a name tag.

* Kids love crafts, so package fabrics and papers, kid-friendly scissors, markers, and a mini squeeze bottle of glue in a small pail as a take-home art kit.

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Comments (3)

lindallee3 wrote:

Great ideas. Thank you

3/26/2012 10:26:45 AM Report Abuse

patriciacatta wrote:

My son had his 6 th anniversary on wednesday 9th , but we 're gonna make a b'day party with his friends on the 26th. I can have a big place only that date, so i'll try it . I found it very cool. Hope this will work. Thanks for the idea. Patricia.

3/12/2011 08:55:19 AM Report Abuse

anonymous wrote:

I tried this for Halloween but the baggie turned upside down didn't work for me!

1/19/2011 01:00:43 PM Report Abuse